MUDDY ARTS: FESTIVAL UPDATE
The dates are set for the festival, the palms have been chalked, a deep gulp of air and we're off, it's the hundred metre sprint to the opening of the GrassRoots Festival of Music & Art 2008. The first few décor meetings have been held and plans are underway for transforming a flat and unadorned patch of land into a magical fantastical wonderland for three whole days. We have six months to create the décor for the site; flags, sculptures, banners and stage design. The theme, loosely, is the five elements. Each area will be based on one of the elements. Roughly the areas are dance, acoustic, main stage, chillout, art/cabaret & healing. We don't have much time to make the stuff and we don't have much of a budget for it either, but there is plenty of enthusiasm and inspiration for the project. There are ideas for making small forested areas, spiral pathways from flags, columns of light, video cubes, large sculptures, sensory garden and much more besides. All artists are invited to join in with this project, if you would like to paint large banners, make a large sculpture or installation, design the flags, decorate the insides of the tents or anything else then please don't hesitate to come and get involved. We are also building a large gallery for the site so if you would like to show your work then please get in touch. Or if you would like to run a workshop, a stall or do something in the kids tent then contact us. You can chat with the artists involved on the muddy forum, go to www.muddy.org.uk, and head to the forum. We have set up a new set of threads for this years festival so please visit them as they are a very useful resource for this type of project.
There will be regular décor meetings at the Glass Onion, currently every Wednesday
at 7pm. When the art studio is ready we will move into there and get on with painting banners and making décor items. However, if anyone has any large space available for Muddy Arts to use please contact us. We need a large enough space for working with very large pieces of wood, and using power tools, and preferably where the work can be left in-between sessions. The Onion doesn't have the space for this kind of work and it is vital to the festival that we can get on with this as soon as possible. A large yard or garage would be great. So don't be shy, all help is appreciated, and it's a great way of meeting other artists and being involved in something really special.
More newts next month folks,
big love to the Muddy Arts team,
Luke Payn
lukepayn@hotmail.com
www.myspace.com/muddyarts
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